Pilotless Plane Crosses The Atlantic (1947)

Brize Norton, Near Witney, Oxfordshire. Pilotless plane crosses the Atlantic. It appears to have used a form of automatic pilot. MS the Skymaster plane. CU the nose of the plane showing the insignia and name “Robert E Lee“. CU the interior control panel. CU the Captain of the plane, Colonel Gillespie, head shot. MS He chats to Philip Noel Baker, British Air Minister about the trip (nat sound). MS of plane. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be